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JAMES S. SANDERS, OF DURANGO, COLORADO.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,781, dated January 7, 1896.

Application filed May 31,1895. Serial No. 551,202. (No inodel To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. SANDERS, of Durango, in the county of La Plata and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Im'- proved Awning, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in awnings such as are especially adapted for use in shading or screening windows and the like and the object of the invention is to provide an awning of this character, of a simple, inexpensive and durable construction, which shall present a neat and attractive appearance and be adapted to be operated from the inside of the room with which the window communicates,and which may be folded,when not in use, in the most compact manner along the sides of the window.

The invention consists in a frame composed of curved bars arranged across the window` frames and serving as guides for vertical slide- Y bars secured to the edges of the sections of the awning, one of which is secured at each side-of the window-opening, in combination with means for conveniently operating the sections of the awning. y

The invention also contemplates cert-ain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, whereby certain important advantages are attained over other similar devices heretofore in use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will `be carefully defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the awning applied for use to a window, one side of said awning being in its closed position and the other side in its open position. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through the frame or casing of the window provided with my improved awning substantially in the plane of the line indicated by in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective detail view drawn. to an enlarged scale and showing the construction of the vertical slide-bars at the edges of the awning-sections and their means of attachment` to said sections.

In the drawings, 1 represents the upright seen at 10 in Figs. 2 and 3.

side portions of the frame or casing of a window, which may be of any dimensions, to which side portions are secured, at suitable intervals and in corresponding positions, brackets 2, attached in any preferred manner, as by means of screws,.a-nd these brackets 2 serve to support the opposite ends of curved guides 3, extending across the window-opening, as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2, said guides being supported at their central portions and held suitably spaced apart by a vertical supporting bar or bracket 4, the lower end 5 of which is bent or curved inward, as indicated in the drawings, and secured at 6 in` any preferred way to the sill of the window frame or casing.

7 7 represent the sections of the awning, which may be made of duck, canvas or any preferred flexible material, and these sections are secured at their inner edges 8 to the respective side portions 1 of the frame or casing, and at their outer adjacent edges said sec tions 7 are provided with slide-bars 9, composed, as seen in Fig. 3,0f strips of metal bent to an angular form and each having the edge of one of its arms turned over to clamp the edge of the awning-section 7, as clearly The other arm 12 of each slide-bar 9 is provided with perforations 11, arranged at suitable intervals to receive and slide on the respective guides 3, and the said slide-bars are, as seen in the drawings, adapted to-be slipped back and forth on the guides 3 on opposite sides of the central supporting bar orbracket Li.

In order to operate the sections 7 of the awning, to move the same into and out of position to shade the window opening, I provide cords secured to the respective slide-bars 9, and extending through openings formed in the side portions l of the window-casing into the room, whereby, when desired, the said sections may be operated from the interior of the building. l one end extended through an opening 11i formed in the bracket 2 at one side of the window, in position to correspond with an opening 15 formed in the side bar 1 at that side of the window frame or casing into the room with which said window communicates, and the innerend of said cord is adapted to be secured by means of a cleat or the like 1G.

One of these cords 13 hasl IOO (Indicated in Fig. 2.) The cord 13 is attached, as seen at 17 in Fig. 3, to the slide-bar 9 of one of the awning-sections, and is thence earried through an opening 18 formed in the slide-bar 9 of the opposite awning-section, from which it extends through an opening in the bracketeplate 2 at the opposite side of the window and through a similar opening 15 v:into the room and is adapted to be attached to a cleat 16 located in the room at the opposite side of the window. The other awningsection is provided with an operating-cord 19, secured to the slidedoar 9 of its section, as indicated at 2O in Fig. 3, and extending through a perforation 21 in the opposite awning-section,whence it is carried through openings 22 in the bracket-plates. 2 at opposite sides of the window into the interior of the room and is adapted to be secured by means of fastening devices suitably arranged at the opposite sides of the window-opening.

The respective awning-sections are provided at suitable intervals with vertical stays 23, extending from the upper to the lower edges and provided with perforations to receive and slide on the guides 3, as clearly indicated in the drawings7 whereby the sections are adapted when operated to open and close evenly.

In operation, when it is desired to close the awning, the opposite ends of the cords 13 and 19 are disengaged from the cleats 16 and drawn in opposite directions until the respective slide-bars 9 are caused to bear against the opposite side of the supporting bar or bracket al, after which they are again secured to the cleats 1G. lf it is desired to shade only one side of the window, it is of course only necessary to manipulate the cord of the section 7 at that particular side of the window.

rlhe construction of the device above described is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature, and the sections of the awningy being adapted to be folded compactly at opposite sides of the window-opening give a very prescntable appearance when in. its folded position.

Owing to the peculiar construction of the sections, with their slide-bars 9 and stays 23,

the awning is moreover made very durable, since but little strain is applied to the fabric composing the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In an awning, the combination of a frame, comprising curved transverse guide bars, avertical bracket connecting said guide bars at theircentral portions, awning sections cach secured at one edge to one side of the window frame and having at its other edge a vertical slide bar angular in cross section and provided with perforations to receive and slide on the guide bars, and cords secured to the respective slide bars, for moving the awning sections to both closed and open position substantially as set forth.

2. In an awning, the combination of a frame having transverse guide bars, awning sections each secured at one edge to one side of the window frame, and provided at its opposite edge with vertical slide bars angularl in cross section and having perforations to receive and slide on said guide bars, said awning sections being provided at points intermediate their edges with vertical stays having perforations to receive and slide on said guide bars, and cords secured to the respective slide bars, substantially as set forth.

3. In an. awning, the combination with a window frame provided with openings, et' curved transverse bars secured to the frame, a

vertical bracket secured to the window frame and to the transverse guide bars awning sections having one edge secured to the frame and provided at their other edges with angular bars which are perforated to receive the transverse bars, and two cords attached to each bar 0f the awning sections, and passing through the openin gs of the window frame to permit the sections to be operated from the interior of the building', substantially as described.

JAMES S. SANDERS.

lVitnesses:

C. O. EDDY, W. T. VAILEs. 

